蓋し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓋
けだ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けだし [kéꜜdàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞da̠ɕi]

Adverb

蓋(けだ)し • (kedashi)

an expression of supposition or conjecture; probably, maybe
- 807: Kogo Shūi
  蓋聞上古之世未有文字貴賤老少口口相傳前言往行存而不忘
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
a hypothetical supposition of a situation; if

Derived terms

蓋(けだ)しく (kedashiku)
蓋(けだ)しくも (kedashiku mo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN